When asked to explain why he called then-Missouri coach Norm Stewart "Francis the Talking Mule," Oklahoma coach Billy Tubbs "apologized" thusly: "I got Mr. Ed, the talking TV horse, mixed up with ...

Creator of ‘ Francis, the Talking Mule; ‘ publisher; 94David ” Tom ” Stern III, a former newspaper publisher in New York and Philadelphia whose novel ” Francis, the Ta… ...

Francis the Talking Mule Collection. 1956 | Francis in the Haunted House. 1955 | Francis in the Navy. 1954 | Francis Joins the WACS. 1953 | Francis Covers the Big Town. 1952 | Francis Goes to West ...

A leading lady of the 1950s, the British-born actress starred in "Mr. Arkadin," "Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion" and "Francis the Talking Mule." By Mikey O'Connell Patricia Medina 1955 ...

In Hollywood's Carthay Circle Theater, movie folk watched and applauded last week as seven animals got their "Patsy" awards (the annual animal "Oscar") for outstanding ...

Donald O'Connor, the breezy song-and-dance comedian who created movie magic with his spirited rendition of "Make 'em Laugh" in the Hollywood musical "Singin' in the Rain" and also played lovable ...

In The Mule, the criminal in focus is a different kind of reprobate—an octogenarian horticulturist from Peoria, Illinois named Earl Stone who does it for kicks, working for a drug cartel that ...

Then, segueing into his career as an adult in the early 1950s, he played straight man to Francis the talking mule in such silly but popular comedies as “Francis Goes to the Races” and ...